I didn't get any part of that $$$, that was not even my auction -- my coins are traders. She got that coin in trade months ago.
Personally I think it sucks to see your coin sell for so much when you know that it is only worth $7.50..... however I did send a little consolation package to fluteface.

I'm working on a plan to make sure the freebie "Bear Hugs" coins from my Goodbye event do not end up having the same expensive fate since they are a F2F coin and truly will be HTF outside of MN or WY.
I'm considering activating the lot of them before I hand them out and then just adopt them over to the now owner.... that should decrease their value just a bit.

These coins are just too special to do anything like that to them. Don't see how someone could do that when they were specifically asked not to from Centris. _________________King of the Jeff Gordon TB's!
They put that cache WHERE?

Personally I think it sucks to see your coin sell for so much when you know that it is only worth $7.50..... however I did send a little consolation package to fluteface.

I am sorry I misunderstood your post.
I thought you were excited and freaked out to see that you were valuable after all when your coin sold for over $100 on E-bay.
I didn't realize that it offended you.

It still validates that you designed a very cool coin.
You should be proud to have contributed such a cool coin to the geocaching community.

The coin selling is not what ofends me. What bothers me it the fact that people on ebay get soooooo carried away with what they perceive to be valuable coins that really are not.
Never in my wildest dreams could I imagine anyone paying over $100 for a regular edition coin that cost me $7.50 to make. $45 maybe.... $60 possibly.... anything over $70 is insanity. I suppose that says more about my feelings for ebay than it does for my coin.

When I first posted this thread, the high bid was $43 and I thought that was pretty "valuable". (hence the name of the thread) I fiigured it would not go much more than that, let alone more than double. I bid on it myself up to $45 and if I had won, my plan was to have her activate it and stick it in a cache, but that was not meant to be.

I can see a LE or XLE charity coin or fund raising coin going for a lot, like those coins they sold for Ladycacher and that kid that AtlantaGal was raising money for or that scout troop that was headed to the jamboree. But a plain old RE personal coin?? Especially one that is still easily available from the owner.

Even that Black XLE KB that AtlantaGal sold for charity only went for $58 and that is an awesomely HTF rare coin!!

I knew that one day a Centris can would show up on ebay, but I never imagined the demand would be there..... it is a nice coin, but not THAT nice. It is the crazy price that was paid that bugs me, not the fact that one was sold.

I have no hard feelings to the gal who sold it either, she traded for it fair and square months ago -- more power to her that she hauled in such a profit... good for her!! In fact, she and I will probably trade again in the future - she is an amazing srtist.

However, it would really (edited for language) me off to see one of the new "Bear Hugs" coins for sale on ebay since they are a F2F freebie coin that I will be giving as a gift to friends.... and that is a whole different ball game than a trade coin. That is why I am seriously considering activating the lot of them to decrease their re-sale value.

I wrote a note to fluteface after the auction. She told me that was the second highest price she has ever paid for a coin, but she thought it was worth it. After we corresponded for a few days, I did send her some freebie XLE MN coins and silver KB for free just to ease the pain. She is a real sweet lady. She just got caught up in the ebay frenzy.

I guess I ought to start selling coins again on ebay...... AFTER I get to WY and unpack the buggers. (but the cans are still traders - no worries)